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6:35 PM ET, August 27, 2025

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NBC News:
Live updates: Shooter contained after incident at Minneapolis church and school  —  The city of Minneapolis said that there is no active threat at this time after a Wednesday morning shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. … Minneapolis Police had already been investigating three deadly shootings in 12 hours
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Live: Two children and gunman dead after shooting at Minneapolis church, law enforcement source says  —  (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)  —  First responders said at least 20 victims were shot during a school Mass in south Minneapolis.  A sea of police cars and ambulances surrounded the church …
Associated Press:
Shooting occurs at Minneapolis Catholic school and authorities say shooter has been ‘contained’  —  A gunman opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church and struck a group of children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people …
New York Post:
Minneapolis Catholic school gunman ID'd as Robin Westman— while possible manifesto shows psychotic obsession with mass shooters  —  The deranged gunman who slaughtered two children and injured at least 17 others who were attending morning mass at a Catholic school in Minneapolis has been identified …
New York Times:
Witnesses describe harrowing scenes at the hospital and school.  —  At an afternoon news conference on the shooting, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said, “There shouldn't be words for these kinds of incidents because they should not happen.”  —  Aimee Ortiz  —  The F.B.I. is investigating …
Discussion: Court Watch, Mediaite and CBS News
Josh Skluzacek / KSTP-TV:
Sources ID shooter who killed 2 children, hurt 17 others in mass shooting at Minneapolis church  —  A shooter opened fire on a morning mass at a Minneapolis church on Wednesday.  Two children were killed and 17 people were injured.  —  Sources have confirmed to KSTP that the shooter …
Torey Van Oot / Axios:
What we know about the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis
Reuters:
Live updates: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
Discussion: CBS News and RedState
Samantha Fischer / KARE-TV:
Minneapolis Catholic school shooter: What we know
New York Times:
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent  —  It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump's move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.  —  Federal prosecutors on Tuesday …
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HuffPost:
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Praises Donald Trump's Police Takeover  —  The city's Democratic mayor has maintained an unusual friendship with the Republican president.  —  WASHINGTON - Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump's surge of federal police into the city, saying it had significantly reduced carjackings.
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:   The Situation: Standing Around in Washington, D.C.
Washington Post:
CDC director being ousted weeks into job  —  Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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STAT:
CDC Director Susan Monarez is ousted as senior leaders exit agency  —  Top officials quit, citing ‘weaponization of public health’  —  WASHINGTON — Susan Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been ousted after just a month on the job …
Discussion: KSTP-TV
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Of Voters Oppose Deploying National Guard To D.C., Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support Drops For U.S. Military Aid To Israel As 50% Think Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza  — mail_outline  —  In the wake of President Donald Trump's decision …
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Majority of voters object to Trump's National Guard deployment in DC, poll finds
Discussion: The Hill and New Jersey Online
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New York Times:
Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Espionage Allegations
Discussion: The Guardian and UPI
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Democratic Mayors Convene After Trump's Takeover Threats, Seeking United Front  —  “An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” said Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland, who led a private strategy call on Wednesday.  —  As President Trump threatens more federal incursions into American cities …
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Associated Press:
Top Florida official says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days, email shows  —  A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration …
New York Times:
F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions  —  The agency's fall recommendations underscore the goals of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to limit access to the vaccines, which he has long opposed.  —  The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated Covid vaccines …
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Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults
David Lim / Politico:
FDA revokes emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines
Discussion: Washington Post and Fox News
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants  —  Disaster-aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.  —  The Department of Homeland Security is now barring states …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in the US, hoping to prevent his deportation to Uganda  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has come to encapsulate much of President Donald Trump 's hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.
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Janet Yellen / Financial Times:
Trump's attack on the Fed threatens US credibility  —  History teaches us that chaos follows when leaders undermine the independence of central banks  —  The writer is a distinguished fellow in residence at the Brookings Institution, former chair of the Federal Reserve and former secretary of the Treasury
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Strangling the Life Out of D.C.'s Restaurants  —  BY DONALD TRUMP'S TELLING, WASHINGTON, D.C.'s restaurants are doing great.  And, naturally, it's all because of him.  —  “Friends of mine are going out to dinner,” Trump told reporters Monday, claiming that his deployment …
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak  —  President Donald Trump's administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation's capital.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Louisana asks Supreme Court to gut Voting Rights Act and ban use of race in redistricting … “For decades and in dozens of cases, the States and this Court have tried to make Gingles workable, coherent, predictable, and constitutional,” Louisiana wrote.  “Louisiana's experience suggests …
Discussion: KSTP-TV
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:   Louisiana Will No Longer Defend Map in Supreme Court Case on Future of VRA
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
All the President's ‘Butt Snorkelers’  —  Our long national nightmare is over: Cracker Barrel announced last night they will abandon their woke new logo and go back to the old one after all.  For good measure, representatives of the company called Donald Trump and—in the words …
 
 
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